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1000th Hawk delivered 15/05/2008
Vision Engineering has delivered its 1000th Hawk non-contact measuring system.

e-Bot cell success at Mazak, Worcester 15/05/2008
A Mazak e-Bot Cell has now been successfully operating in Mazak's UK facility for over a year.

Pratt Burnerd sees MACH success 15/05/2008
600 Group member Pratt Burnerd has reported major success at the recent MACH 2008 exhibition.

Autodesk acquires Moldflow 14/05/2008
Design software specialist Autodesk Inc, San Rafael, CA, USA has signed a definitive agreement to acquire injection moulding analysis software firm Moldflow Corporation, Framingham, MA, USA.

DMG productivity event to be held in June 14/05/2008
A one-day productivity event is to be held at DMG’s UK headquarters, Luton on Tuesday, 17 June.

MACH delivers the business for GF AgieCharmilles 14/05/2008
EDM and milling machine tool specialist GF AgieCharmilles sold 12 new machine tools with a combined order value in excess of £1.4 million during the MACH 2008 show held last month.

Million pound-plus take for Star at MACH 13/05/2008
In the first two days of MACH 2008, orders totalling £500,000 for sliding-headstock CNC lathes were taken by Star Micronics GB and by the end of the show, the figure was in excess of £1 million.

More change for the better at 600 Lathes 13/05/2008
600 Lathes has announced further reorganisation at its Heckmondwike facility.

Mori Seiki wins £3.8 million in orders at MACH 13/05/2008
Companies visiting the Mori Seiki stand at MACH - held last month at Birmingham's NEC - placed orders valued at £3.8 million.

Blum-Novotest praises MACH 2008 12/05/2008
“Our most successful MACH to date”, is how Blum-Novotest company director David Mold describes the recent exhibition held in Birmingham.

Citizen Machinery UK picks up 20 orders at MACH 2008 12/05/2008
Citizen Machinery UK celebrated its change of name from NC Engineering with a clutch of orders at MACH 2008, held at the NEC Birmingham last month.

Hydrafeed has successful MACH 12/05/2008
“One of our most successful exhibitions yet,” is how Hydrafeed operations director Mr Martyn Page described the 2008 MACH show.

Delcam adds customer number 25,000 09/05/2008
Delcam recently added its 25,000th customer, JR Automation Technologies, LLC, a special machine developer based , in Holland, Michigan, USA.

Thousands of solvent degreasers non-compliant, says Kumi Solutions 08/05/2008
It is estimated that there are some 4,700 solvent degreasing machines in the UK that do not meet latest regulations, according to Kumi Solutions.

Broadbent Stanley wins order and preferred supplier status 07/05/2008
Broadbent Stanley has supplied a turnkey system based around two Oil Country lathes to the Arabian Pipes Company (APC) based in Riyadh Second Industrial City, Saudi Arabia.

E-commerce move by Crawford Collets 06/05/2008
Crawford Collets has launched an e-commerce facility for its collets, Multibore collet chuck system and collet chucks.

Best MACH ever, says Delcam 02/05/2008
Delcam has hailed the MACH exhibition held last month as the “best ever”.

First international order for new Citizen model taken at MACH 02/05/2008
The first international order for the "world’s fastest 32 mm capacity CNC sliding-head auto" was placed on Citizen Machinery UK by Unicut Precision of Welwyn Garden City during the MACH 2008 exhibition at the NEC.

Leader CNC secures order on day one of MACH 02/05/2008
MACH 2008 got off to a flying start for Leader CNC of Nuneaton, with a machine sale on the first day of the event.

Miyano UK rebrand and machine sale at MACH 02/05/2008
MACH 2008 was the platform that Macro CNC used to launch itself as Miyano UK, and sold a Miyano ABX64-TH3 turning centre on day two of the event to Reliance Precision, Cork.

FARO sells off the stand at MACH 2008 01/05/2008
FARO UK saw big success at last week’s MACH exhibition, selling five FARO Gage-Plus units at the show.

MACH 2008 visitor numbers 21 per cent up 01/05/2008
MACH 2008 saw approximately 21 per cent more visitors than the 2006 event - a welcome sign for the nearly 500 companies who exhibited at the show.

Record MACH sales contribute to record month for Haas 01/05/2008
Haas Automation, Norwich booked a record 37 machine sales at MACH 2008, bringing the company’s tally for the month of April alone to 70 machine sales, also a record month.

XYZ notches up MACH and post-MACH sales 01/05/2008
XYZ Machine Tools took orders for 19 machines at MACH 2008 and more in the following week.

Cost-effective automation and flexibility from LVD 29/04/2008
Cost-effective automation plus flexibility to operate equipment manually were themes on LVD’s stand last week at the MACH exhibition.